FAA investigating non-responsive DCA controller

US FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said the agency is "thoroughly investigating" an incident that occurred shortly after 12 a.m. Wednesday at Washington National Airport in which two aircraft, a United Airlines A320 and a American Airlines Boeing 737, were unable to make contact with a non-responsive DCA tower and landed with assistance from a regional ATC center.

US FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said the agency is "thoroughly investigating" an incident that occurred shortly after 12 a.m. Wednesday at Washington National Airport in which two aircraft, a United Airlines A320 and a American Airlines Boeing 737, were unable to make contact with a non-responsive DCA tower and landed with assistance from a regional ATC center.
There was one controller, described by the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. union as an "FAA ...